VITEEE – 2022 -

PHYSICS
1. Laws of Motion & Work, Energy and Power
Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications. Static and kinetic friction -
laws of
friction - rolling friction
Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic energy - work-energy
theorem - power.
Conservative forces: conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies)
- non-
conservative forces: motion in a vertical circle - elastic and inelastic collisions.
2. Properties of Matter
Elastic behaviour - Stress-strain relationship - Hooke's law - Young's modulus - bulk
modulus
- shear modulus of rigidity - Poisson's ratio - elastic energy. Viscosity - Stokes' law -
terminal
velocity - streamline and turbulent flow - critical velocity. Bernoulli's theorem and its
applications.
Heat - temperature - thermal expansion: thermal expansion of solids - specific heat
capacity:
Cp, Cv - latent heat capacity. Qualitative ideas of Blackbody radiation: Wein's
displacement
Law - Stefan's law.
3. Electrostatics
Charges and their conservation; Coulomb’s law -superposition principle. Electric field –
electric field
due to a point charge, electric field lines; electric dipole, electric field intensity due to a
dipole -
behaviour of a dipole in a uniform electric field. Electric potential - potential difference-
electric
potential due to a point charge and dipole- equipotential surfaces – electrical potential
energy of a
system of two point charges.
Electric flux-Gauss’s theorem and its applications. Electrostatic induction-capacitor and
capacitance – dielectric and electric polarisation – parallel plate capacitor with and
without dielectric
medium – applications of capacitor – energy stored in a capacitor - Capacitors in series
and in
parallel – Van de Graaff generator.
4. Current Electricity
Electric Current – drift velocity and mobility and their relation with electric current. Ohm’s
law,
electrical resistance - V-I characteristics – electrical resistivity and conductivity-
classification of
materials in terms of conductivity – Carbon resistors – colour code for carbon resistors -
combination
of resistors – series and parallel – temperature dependence of resistance – internal
resistance of a cell
– potential difference and emf of a cell - combinations of cells in series and in parallel.
Kirchoff’s law – Wheatstone’s Bridge and its application - Metrebridge - special case of
Wheatstone
bridge - Potentiometer principle - comparing the emf of two cells.
5. Magnetic Effects of Electric Current
Magnetic effect of electric current – Concept of magnetic field - Oersted’s experiment –
Biot-Savart
law- Magnetic field due to an infinitely long current carrying straight wire and circular coil
–
Tangent galvanometer – Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid – magnetic field lines.
Ampere’s circuital law and its application. Force on a moving charge in uniform
magnetic field and
electric field – cyclotron – Force on current carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic
field – Forces
between two parallel current carrying conductors - definition of ampere.
Torque experienced by a current loop in a uniform magnetic field - moving coil
galvanometer –
conversion to ammeter and voltmeter – current loop as a magnetic dipole - Magnetic
dipole moment
of a revolving electron.

6. Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current 

Electromagnetic induction - Faraday’s law - induced emf and current - Lenz’s law. Self
induction 
- Mutual induction - self inductance of a long solenoid - mutual inductance of two long
solenoids. 
Methods of inducing emf - (i) by changing magnetic induction (ii) by changing area
enclosed by 
the coil and (iii) by changing the orientation of the coil.
AC generator -(Single phase, three phase). Eddy current - applications - transformer -
Alternating 
current - AC circuit with resistance - AC circuit with inductor - AC circuit with capacitor -
LCR 
series circuit - Resonance and Q - factor - power in AC circuits.
7. Optics 
Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula. Refraction of light, total internal
reflection 
and its applications, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens
maker’s 
formula. Magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact,
combination of a 
lens and a mirror. Refraction and dispersion of light through a prism.
Wavefront and Huygens’s principle - Reflection, total internal reflection and refraction of
plane 
wave at a plane surface using wavefronts. Interference - Young’s double slit experiment
and 
expression for fringe width - coherent source - interference of light - Formation of
colours in thin 
films - Newton’s rings. Diffraction - differences between interference and diffraction of
light. 
Polarisation of light waves - polarisation by reflection - Brewster’s law - double refraction
- nicol 
prism - uses of plane polarised light.
8. Dual Nature of Radiation and Atomic Physics 
Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics - Electromagnetic spectrum -
Photoelectric effect 
- Light waves and photons - particle nature of light - photocells and their applications.
Atomic structure – discovery of the electron – specific charge (Thomson’s method) and
charge of the 
electron (Millikan’s oil drop method) – alpha scattering – Rutherford’s atom model.
9. Nuclear Physics 
Nuclear properties - nuclear radii, masses, binding energy, density, charge - isotopes,
isobars and 
isotones - nuclear mass defect - binding energy - stability of nuclei 
Nature of nuclear forces - Radioactivity - alpha, beta and gamma radiations and their
properties 
- Radioactive decay law - half life - mean life - artificial radioactivity - radio isotopes -
effects 
and uses. Radio carbon dating. Nuclear fission - chain reaction - atom bomb - nuclear
reactor - 
nuclear fusion.
10. Semiconductor Devices and their Applications 
Semiconductor basics - energy band in solids: difference between metals, insulators
and 
semiconductors - semiconductor doping - Intrinsic and Extrinsic semiconductors.
Formation of 
P-N Junction - Barrier potential and depletion layer-P-N Junction diode - Forward and
reverse 
bias characteristics - diode as a rectifier - Zener diode- LED. Junction transistors -
characteristics 
- transistor as a switch - transistor as an amplifier - transistor as an oscillator.
Logic gates - NOT, OR, AND, EXOR using discrete components - NAND and NOR
gates as 
universal gates - De Morgan’s theorem - Laws and theorems of Boolean algebra.